Trump changed his mind. When he first won, he thought he could best make America great again by being magnanimous and focusing on his agenda. But Hillary rejected that deal and joined the Resistance. Trump then asked Sessions directly why Hillary was skating. He sent the clearest signal possible. Jeff gave him the middle finger, because both parties have Sessions’ back.
Being magnanimous is precisely joining the swamp. He was reportedly talked into it by Ivanka, who had her good friend Chelsea begging for her mother not to be prosecuted.
And, like all Trump’s Jivanka-begging-Daddy actions it obviously got them nowhere. They can no longer buy the affections of the liberal Democrats and they have no idea how to play DC-style hardball against them either.